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#A59CD9

#a59cd9 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a59cd9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 61.18% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.96% cyan, 28.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 248.85°, with 44.53% saturation and 73.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.82.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3679

Complementary

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #d0d99c

Split complementary

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #d9c49c
  3. #b2d99c

Analogous

  1. #9cb2d9
  2. #a59cd9
  3. #c49cd9

Triadic

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #d9a59c
  3. #9cd9a5

Tetradic

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #d99cd0
  3. #d0d99c
  4. #9cd9a5

Square

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #d99cb2
  3. #d0d99c
  4. #9cd9c4

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3d9f
  2. #7365c4
  3. #a59cd9
  4. #d7d3ee
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#a59cd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #958cc3
  3. #847dae
  4. #746d98
  5. #635e82
  6. #534e6d
  7. #423e57
  8. #322f41
  9. #211f2b
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#a59cd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #aea6dd
  3. #b7b0e1
  4. #c0bae4
  5. #c9c4e8
  6. #d2ceec
  7. #dbd7f0
  8. #e4e1f4
  9. #edebf7
  10. #f6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a59cd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a59cd9
  2. #a199d0
  3. #9e96c7
  4. #9a94be
  5. #9691b5
  6. #938ead
  7. #8f8ba4
  8. #8b889b
  9. #878692
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4a0bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da4dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da2d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9aa6b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a1db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97a0d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ea2c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a59cd9 {
  color: #a59cd9;
}
Background
.bg-a59cd9 {
  background-color: #a59cd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a59cd9 {
  border: 2px solid #a59cd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a59cd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 156 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 45% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a59cd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a59cd9, #c49cd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a59cd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 156 217 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.76 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.42 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.80 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.53 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.59 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.77 #5a6326 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#a59cd9  rgb(165, 156, 217)  hsl(249, 45%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d0d99c  rgb(208, 217, 156)  hsl(69, 45%, 73%)  Pale Goldenrod
#d9a59c  rgb(217, 165, 156)  hsl(9, 45%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#9cd9a5  rgb(156, 217, 165)  hsl(129, 45%, 73%)  Celadon